Track liner



March 20, 1928. 1,662,996 R. H. BLOXHAM max LINER Fi led Jun 15. 1925JHMAMM Patented Mar. 20, 1923.

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RALPH H. BLOXHAM, or ciiicaeo, ILLINOIS, Assienon To CHICAGO STEELFOUNDRY COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOISLA CORPORATION or mains.

TRACK LINER.

Application filed June 15, 1925. Serial NO. 37,155.

g The principalobject of the invention is to provide a track linerwherein the association between the. base and the lever which fulcrumson the base is such that the liner is capable of shifting a rail aSubstantial distance without any changein the position of the base inthe ballast at the side of the in the following description, but suchem.

bodiment is presented merely for the purpose of exemplification as theinventionobviously is susceptible of embodiment in other structurallymodified forms coming equally within the comprehensive scope of theappended claims. v

In'the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the track liner in operative position against arail;

Fig. 2 is arear. view; Fig. 3 is atop .view; Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are aseries of side views showing one way in whichthe track liner may beused; and

.Fig. 7 is a side View or; slightly modified form of the track liner. I

It will be observed in the drawing that the track liner consists of abase 10 and'a lever 11 which is fulcrumedon the base. The inventionresides in the hereinafter described association between the base 10 andthe lever 11 which permits the point'of fulcruming to be changed at willwhen such a change is desirable, either because the rail has then beenshifted too far from the initial point of fulcruming orbecause theballast has permitted the base to recede unduly from the rail. i

The base 10 is provided with an elongated bottom 12 which is adapted toseat'upon the ballast or other supporting surface, and the bottom 12 isheld against longitudinalmova ment in the ballast by a number of wideprongs 13 on the under surface of the bottom. The front end of thebottom 12 is bifurcated to form two laterally spaced lips 14 which areadapted to be inserted under the lower edge of the rail or other objectto be moved, and the under surface of the front end is preferably curveddownwardly at 15 to give taper and additional body to the, lips 14.

The bottom 12of the base supports two longitudinally extending side's16which in turn support two laterally spaced bearing bosses 17 at pointsabove the lips; 14. Each of the bossesllis provided with twolongitudinally spaced bearing apertures 18 and 19 of semi-cylindricalform'which are 0011-. nected from above by a slot- 20'of arcuate form.The apertures 18and 19 constitute two pairs of bearing seats in eitherof which the leverll may be pivotally mounted. A small web 21extendsupwardly from the bottom 12 at a forward inclinationjbetween thesides 16 at the rear ends of the'lips 14, and forms with the bottom andthe sides a socket into which the end of a crowbar or other suitable rodbe conveniently thrust in. forcing .the lips 14 of the base through theballastinto an operative position under the lower edge of therail, as

shown in Fig. 4. r

The lever 11- is provided with. a rail-engaging jaw 22' at-its lowerend, with a handle socket23 at its upper end, and with two alignedfulcruming trunnions 24 inter-, mediate its ends. The jaw 22 oscillatesin the space between the lips 14,0f1 the base 10, and may beadvantageously corrugated to presenta good gripping'surface fore,ngagement with the adjacent edge of the rail. The socket 23 is adaptedto receive the end of a crowbar or other suitable rod, as shown in Fig.5, whereby to present in thesocket a handle which is of sufficientlength to per.- mit a great leverage to be applied to the railthrough'the jaw 22. The trunnions 24 are 7 adapted to seat in either ofthe bearing apertures 18 01 19 ofthe bosses'l'l, and may be shifted fromthe rear bearingseats 18 to through the connecting slots 20, whereby tothe front bearing seats 19 or vice versa shift the fulcrum point of thelever 11 with" respect to thebaseIO. The trunnions'may consist oftheends of a pin which extends transversely through the lever and isfixedly positioned therein by 'a small pin 25; It will be understoodfrom the construction above described that the lever 11,'whileadjustably fulcrumed on the base,'is'perma nently coupled with the samethrough the engagement of the ends of the trunnion pin with theapertures in the bearing bosses. This feature permits the liner to becarried as a unit by the lever as a handle, and prebearing seat ratherlow to permit of. a liftng-pu ch s on he r a a great everag w by t0 rstoose h rail fr m ts bed,

and have the front bearing seat higher to permit of the proper shiftingpurchase on her il af er h s me ha b en l n d and.

a eadily mo edis consequently in a condition to be more S c a modifi dar angement of the seats is shown in Fig, 7,

The manner in which the track liner is used, may be briefly described asfollows:

Wh n ra fo nce, is to e h fte the liner is placed on the ballast betweentwo of the ties with the bosses 17 of the base 10' a ainst the head ofthe rail, as shown in ig, 4. The lips l i of the liner are then forcedinto the ballast and under the lower edge of the rail by means of acrowbar or other suitable rod, as shown in Fig. 4, thus placing thelinerin'the position shown in Fig. 5. The crowbar is then inserted in thesocket 23 of the lever 11, and the rail is shifted a short distancerelative to the base 10., as shown, in Fig, 6. The trunnions 241 of thelever are then swung from the rear bearing seats 18, as shown in Fig. 5,to the front bearing seats 19, as shown in Fig. 6, and the rail is againshifted. By the pro.-

vision of the adjustable fulcrum for the lever 11 on the base 10, theproperleverage may still be applied horizontally to the rail afterthelatter has been moved out of the efi'ectlve range of the lever when inits original fulcruming position, and any necessity of resett ng thebase10 for'each small movement of the rail is accordingly eliminated.

I claim: 1 1. A track liner comprising a base having two spaced lips atone end, of the bottom of the same and two spaced bosses above the lips,and a lever positioned between the. lips and between the bosses andhaving a fulcruming portion for pivotal co-action with the, bosses, saidbosses partially overhanging said lips whereby to provide room for thereception ofrthe base of a rail beneath he bosses. 1 1

2. A track liner, comprising an elongated base having. two spaced lipsat one end of the bottom of the same and two spaced bossesabove thelips, and a lever positioned between the lips and between the bosses andhaving a fulcruming portion for pivotal coaction with the bosses in anyone of a plurality of positions longitudinally of the base, saidlipsbeing substantially flat whereby to permit the same to beinsertedbeneath the base of a rail far enough to bring the portion ofthe lever between the lips against the base ,of the rail while in aposition substantially perpendicular to the lips.

3. A track liner, comprising a lever, and

an elongated base having an'upper portion adjacent one end forfulcruming the lever and a substantially fiat supporting bottomwhich isbifurcaed adjacent the same end to form spaced lipsbetween which thelower end of the lever extends, said bottom being curved adjacent thebifurcation about a center adjacent thefulcruming portion to give thelips rearwardly increased taper and additional body below the fulcrumingportion;

4. A track liner, comprising an elongated base, a superstructure on thebase having a plurality of fulcruming seats above the front end of thebase, and a lever having a fulcrum which may be shifted from one seat toanother, said superstructure receding below the fulcruming seats awayfrointhe front end of the base, whereby to permit a portion of the leverbelow the fulcruming point to engage perpendicularly with the edge of arail when the lever is in an upright position and fulcrumed. in the seatmost removed from the front end of the base.

5. A track liner, comprising an outsp-read base, a superstructure on thebase havingtwo longitudinally spaced fulcruming seats.

of different heights which are connected from above by a slot, and alever having a trans.- versely disposed fulcrum which fits into eith rof the seats and is movable from one to the other through the slot whilein'locked association with the structure,

6. A track liner, comprising an outspread base having two fulcrumingseats spaced longitudiI-ially of the liner with the frontseat higherthan the rear seat, and a lever: havinga fulcrum which may be shiftedfrom.

one seat to another and a raileengaging portion which is, designed toengage with and operate on the edge of a rail at a poin be-.

neath the particular seat in which the lever happens to be positioned.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub-- scribed my name.

RAL H H. BLOXHAM.

